Advertising
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)In correspondence, print advertising or any other media, an instructor or commercial organization must not:
(1)publish, advertise or intimate that a prospective student or student is guaranteed receipt of a boating safety certificate issued by the agency;
(2)publish, advertise or intimate that a boating safety certificate is a boating license;
(3)state or imply that completion of the course is required to operate a motorboat in New York State;
(4)state or imply that completing the course will reduce insurance rates unless the claim is substantiated and documented to be consistent with the requirements of section 78-a of the Navigation Law;
(5)use or allow the use of any advertisement which would reasonably have the effect of leading people to believe that the instructor or commercial organization is an agent, representative or employee of the agency;
(6)use the New York State symbol, or the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s logo; and
(7)make any false or misleading claims or statements in any of its advertising or use advertising that includes any unsubstantiated data or claims.